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themselves, although out also nearly all the day, 

 only took one trout, about one pound ; but how 

 pleasant it was to drink a horn of good old ale 

 and enjoy a good luncheon, which they very 

 kindly invited me to, by this very bonnie 

 stream ; and, as I never fished in it but once, 

 I cannot speak of its capabilities as a trouting 

 river, at this place. My whole theory, however, 

 is, that one small fly does as well as another ; 

 but when you have a mind to try any of these 

 streams near the great City, your best plan de- 

 cidedly is, to put yourself in communication with 

 some intelligent person who has fished there ; or, 

 apply to some tackle-maker in the neighbourhood 

 where you intend to go ; or, to buy from some 

 of those well known makers in town, whom I 

 have already named, and who dress them now 

 so neatly on such fine gut, that the olden time 

 fishers had no idea of in the days of ' old Isaak, 

 and his friend C. Cotton.' 



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The Conway is a considerable river at this 

 place, but the trout fishing is not worth going 



